Mormon Church Condemns Sexual Assault at BYU as University Seeks Community Feedback

Yesterday, leaders of the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints) finally responded to the sexual assault and rape allegations that have haunted its flagship university, Brigham Young, for the past month. In a statement, LDS leaders wrote that the Church has, “no tolerance for sexual assault at BYU or…
'They're Emboldening My Rapist': Sexual Assault Victims at BYU Are Investigated by the Honor Code
At Brigham Young University, the flagship school of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints, the Honor Code rules campus life. The Honor Code, a broad and far-ranging document governed by LDS’s Church Education System, covers everything from drinking coffee to a “chaste and virtuous life,” “homosexual behavior,”…
BYU Student Challenges 'No Sex' Policy and Church's Treatment of Women
Brigham Young University student Keli Byers penned a bold open letter for Cosmopolitan this month, in which she challenges her school's regressive, anti-woman ban on sex. It's an incredibly brave move, considering that, as a teen, Byers was suspended from church for being sexually assaulted by an older Mormon…
YA Books Aren't Teaching Kids How to Swear, But Let's Go Ahead and Blame Them Anyhow
You'd think, given how much concern we're constantly professing about kids these days, that we'd be happy anytime they picked up a goddamn book rather than playing a video game in which they're murdering people or slutting it up by sexting with their friends. Well, not so! Professor Sarah Coyne, of Brigham Young…
Misguided Idiot in Black Face Asks BYU Students About Black History
What a bunch of cool kids! Does this video make you want to enroll at Brigham Young University and do college all over again just so you can be friends with a bunch of fun ignorant racists? Race you to the registrar!
A bunch of Mormon kids from Brigham Young University are freaking out about the video programming at their local Gold's Gym, calling it "pornographic," even though no nudity or sex scenes are involved. (One of the offensive sources cited is Ludacris' music video for "Shake Your Money Maker," which features women…
